diff --git a/tensorflow/lite/BUILD b/tensorflow/lite/BUILD
index c84972ea027..e80e32fe6cf 100644
--- a/tensorflow/lite/BUILD
+++ b/tensorflow/lite/BUILD
@@ -254,7 +254,6 @@ cc_library(
         ":shared_library",
         ":simple_memory_arena",
         ":string",
-        ":tflite_with_xnnpack_optional",
         ":type_to_tflitetype",
         ":util",
         ":version",
diff --git a/tensorflow/lite/c/common.h b/tensorflow/lite/c/common.h
index 23eb528f4c9..18997298df7 100644
--- a/tensorflow/lite/c/common.h
+++ b/tensorflow/lite/c/common.h
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ extern "C" {
 typedef enum TfLiteStatus {
   kTfLiteOk = 0,
   kTfLiteError = 1,
-  kTfLiteDelegateError = 2
+  kTfLiteDelegateError = 2,
+  kTfLiteApplicationError = 3
 } TfLiteStatus;
 
 // The list of external context types known to TF Lite. This list exists solely
diff --git a/tensorflow/lite/core/api/op_resolver.h b/tensorflow/lite/core/api/op_resolver.h
index 1294b7b8ea8..b6a8171d2a3 100644
--- a/tensorflow/lite/core/api/op_resolver.h
+++ b/tensorflow/lite/core/api/op_resolver.h
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ limitations under the License.
 #ifndef TENSORFLOW_LITE_CORE_API_OP_RESOLVER_H_
 #define TENSORFLOW_LITE_CORE_API_OP_RESOLVER_H_
 
+#include <vector>
+
 #include "tensorflow/lite/c/common.h"
 #include "tensorflow/lite/core/api/error_reporter.h"
 #include "tensorflow/lite/schema/schema_generated.h"
@@ -32,6 +34,16 @@ class OpResolver {
   /// Finds the op registration of a custom operator by op name.
   virtual const TfLiteRegistration* FindOp(const char* op,
                                            int version) const = 0;
+
+  // Returns optional delegates for resolving and handling ops in the flatbuffer
+  // model. This may be used in addition to the standard TfLiteRegistration
+  // lookup for graph resolution.
+  using TfLiteDelegatePtrVector =
+      std::vector<std::unique_ptr<TfLiteDelegate, void (*)(TfLiteDelegate*)>>;
+  virtual TfLiteDelegatePtrVector GetDelegates(int num_threads) const {
+    return TfLiteDelegatePtrVector();
+  }
+
   virtual ~OpResolver() {}
 };
 
diff --git a/tensorflow/lite/core/subgraph.cc b/tensorflow/lite/core/subgraph.cc
index 15b8a0bcc57..ecdb04c8b3c 100644
--- a/tensorflow/lite/core/subgraph.cc
+++ b/tensorflow/lite/core/subgraph.cc
@@ -1414,7 +1414,7 @@ TfLiteStatus Subgraph::ModifyGraphWithDelegate(TfLiteDelegate* delegate) {
   if (state_ == kStateInvokableAndImmutable) {
     ReportError(
         "ModifyGraphWithDelegate is disallowed when graph is immutable.");
-    return kTfLiteError;
+    return kTfLiteApplicationError;
   }
 
   if (!(delegate->flags & kTfLiteDelegateFlagsAllowDynamicTensors)) {
diff --git a/tensorflow/lite/core/subgraph.h b/tensorflow/lite/core/subgraph.h
index 1fe1c7e4391..3a28b4cb99c 100644
--- a/tensorflow/lite/core/subgraph.h
+++ b/tensorflow/lite/core/subgraph.h
@@ -558,12 +558,15 @@ class Subgraph {
   // be reallocated if the graph was modified (i.e., the caller does *not* need
   // to explicitly call |AllocateTensors()| again). If tensors were unallocated,
   // they will remain unallocated after delegate application.
-  // Returns one of the following three status codes:
+  // Returns one of the following status codes:
   // 1. kTfLiteOk: Delegation succeeded
-  // 2. kTfLiteDelegateError: Delegation failed due to an error in the
-  // delegate. The Subgraph has been restored to its pre-delegation state.
+  // 2. kTfLiteDelegateError: Delegation failed due to an error *in the
+  // delegate*. The Subgraph has been restored to its pre-delegation state.
   // NOTE: This reverts all delegates previously applied to the Subgraph.
-  // 3. kTfLiteError: Unexpected/runtime failure.
+  // 3. kTfLiteApplicationError : Delegation failed to be applied due to the
+  // state that the TfLite runtime is in. However, the Subgraph is still in a
+  // invokable state.
+  // 4. kTfLiteError: Unexpected/runtime failure.
   TfLiteStatus ModifyGraphWithDelegate(TfLiteDelegate* delegate);
 
   // This un-applies all delegates that have been applied till now, but retains
diff --git a/tensorflow/lite/interpreter.cc b/tensorflow/lite/interpreter.cc
index 4f81824d96f..a79ea86f61e 100644
--- a/tensorflow/lite/interpreter.cc
+++ b/tensorflow/lite/interpreter.cc
@@ -86,9 +86,8 @@ TfLiteQuantization GetQuantizationFromLegacy(
 }  // namespace
 
 Interpreter::Interpreter(ErrorReporter* error_reporter)
-    : error_reporter_(error_reporter ? error_reporter : DefaultErrorReporter()),
-      lazy_delegate_provider_(
-          TfLiteDelegatePtr(nullptr, [](TfLiteDelegate*) {})) {
+    : error_reporter_(error_reporter ? error_reporter
+                                     : DefaultErrorReporter()) {
   // TODO(b/128420794): Include the TFLite runtime version in the log.
   // Prod logging is useful for mobile platforms where scraping console logs is
   // critical for debugging.
@@ -184,21 +183,53 @@ TfLiteStatus Interpreter::SetVariables(std::vector<int> variables) {
 TfLiteStatus Interpreter::AllocateTensors() {
   // Apply the default delegate that TFLite will enable at this point to allow
   // other user-level delegates to be applied first.
-  if (lazy_delegate_provider_) {
-    // The execution will fall back to default implementation if the XNNPACK
-    // delegate fails to be applied. Therefore, we ignore the return status
-    // here and let it fall through the rest of the code.
-    auto status = ModifyGraphWithDelegate(std::move(lazy_delegate_provider_));
-    if (status != kTfLiteOk) {
-      TF_LITE_REPORT_ERROR(
-          error_reporter_,
-          "Ignoring failed application of the default TensorFlow Lite "
-          "delegate.");
-    } else {
-      TFLITE_LOG(TFLITE_LOG_INFO,
-                 "Successfully applied the default TensorFlow Lite delegate.");
+  if (!lazy_delegate_providers_.empty()) {
+    TFLITE_LOG(TFLITE_LOG_INFO,
+               "Applying %zu TensorFlow Lite delegate(s) lazily.",
+               lazy_delegate_providers_.size());
+    // At the momement, XNNPACK delegate is the only one that might be applied
+    // by default, in which case, the execution will fall back to default
+    // implementation if the XNNPACK delegate fails to be applied. Therefore, we
+    // ignore the return status here and let it fall through the rest of the
+    // code.
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < lazy_delegate_providers_.size(); ++i) {
+      auto status =
+          ModifyGraphWithDelegate(std::move(lazy_delegate_providers_[i]));
+      switch (status) {
+        case kTfLiteOk:
+          TFLITE_LOG(TFLITE_LOG_INFO,
+                     "Successfully applied the default TensorFlow Lite "
+                     "delegate indexed at %zu.",
+                     i);
+          break;
+        case kTfLiteError:
+          TF_LITE_REPORT_ERROR(error_reporter_,
+                               "Failed to apply the default TensorFlow Lite "
+                               "delegate indexed at %zu.",
+                               i);
+          return kTfLiteError;
+        case kTfLiteDelegateError:
+          TF_LITE_REPORT_ERROR(
+              error_reporter_,
+              "Error in applying the default TensorFlow Lite delegate indexed "
+              "at %zu, and all previously applied delegates are reverted.",
+              i);
+          break;
+        case kTfLiteApplicationError:
+          TF_LITE_REPORT_ERROR(error_reporter_,
+                               "Ignoring failed application of the default "
+                               "TensorFlow Lite delegate indexed at %zu.",
+                               i);
+          break;
+        default:
+          TF_LITE_REPORT_ERROR(error_reporter_,
+                               "Unknown status (%d) after applying the default "
+                               "TensorFlow Lite delegate indexed at %zu.",
+                               status, i);
+          return kTfLiteError;
+      }
     }
-    lazy_delegate_provider_.reset();
+    lazy_delegate_providers_.clear();
   }
 
   return primary_subgraph().AllocateTensors();
diff --git a/tensorflow/lite/interpreter.h b/tensorflow/lite/interpreter.h
index d4bf3016810..f27a17dfafe 100644
--- a/tensorflow/lite/interpreter.h
+++ b/tensorflow/lite/interpreter.h
@@ -653,10 +653,10 @@ class Interpreter {
   // A map of resources. Owned by interpreter and shared by multiple subgraphs.
   resource::ResourceMap resources_;
 
-  // Indicating a delegate that the TFLite interpreter will apply by default.
-  // A nullptr value means there's no delegate to be applied by default or the
-  // delegate has been applied and doesn't need to be applied again.
-  TfLiteDelegatePtr lazy_delegate_provider_;
+  // Indicating delegates that the TFLite interpreter will apply by default.
+  // An empty one means there's no delegate to be applied by default or
+  // delegates have been applied and doesn't need to be applied again.
+  std::vector<TfLiteDelegatePtr> lazy_delegate_providers_;
 };
 
 }  // namespace impl
diff --git a/tensorflow/lite/interpreter_builder.cc b/tensorflow/lite/interpreter_builder.cc
index 07c5251fab3..0765f00faf3 100644
--- a/tensorflow/lite/interpreter_builder.cc
+++ b/tensorflow/lite/interpreter_builder.cc
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ limitations under the License.
 #include "tensorflow/lite/kernels/internal/compatibility.h"
 #include "tensorflow/lite/schema/schema_generated.h"
 #include "tensorflow/lite/shared_library.h"
-#include "tensorflow/lite/tflite_with_xnnpack_optional.h"
 #include "tensorflow/lite/util.h"
 #include "tensorflow/lite/version.h"
 
@@ -675,8 +674,8 @@ TfLiteStatus InterpreterBuilder::operator()(
   }
 
   if (num_fp32_tensors_ > 0) {
-    (*interpreter)->lazy_delegate_provider_ =
-        MaybeCreateXNNPACKDelegate(num_threads);
+    (*interpreter)->lazy_delegate_providers_ =
+        op_resolver_.GetDelegates(num_threads);
   }
 
   if (ApplyDelegates(interpreter->get(), num_threads) != kTfLiteOk)
diff --git a/tensorflow/lite/kernels/BUILD b/tensorflow/lite/kernels/BUILD
index a56d370afeb..9a672dfa89d 100644
--- a/tensorflow/lite/kernels/BUILD
+++ b/tensorflow/lite/kernels/BUILD
@@ -757,6 +757,7 @@ cc_library(
     deps = [
         ":builtin_op_kernels",
         "//tensorflow/lite:framework",
+        "//tensorflow/lite:tflite_with_xnnpack_optional",
         "//tensorflow/lite/c:common",
         "//tensorflow/lite/schema:schema_fbs",
     ],
@@ -774,6 +775,7 @@ cc_library(
     deps = [
         ":builtin_op_kernels",
         "//tensorflow/lite:framework_lib",
+        "//tensorflow/lite:tflite_with_xnnpack_optional",
         "//tensorflow/lite/c:common",
         "//tensorflow/lite/schema:schema_fbs",
     ],
@@ -791,6 +793,7 @@ cc_library(
     deps = [
         ":builtin_op_kernels_ruy_and_caching",
         "//tensorflow/lite:framework_lib",
+        "//tensorflow/lite:tflite_with_xnnpack_optional",
         "//tensorflow/lite/c:common",
         "//tensorflow/lite/schema:schema_fbs",
     ],
diff --git a/tensorflow/lite/kernels/register.cc b/tensorflow/lite/kernels/register.cc
index 3c16bfd097d..e020298fc8f 100644
--- a/tensorflow/lite/kernels/register.cc
+++ b/tensorflow/lite/kernels/register.cc
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 #include "tensorflow/lite/c/common.h"
 #include "tensorflow/lite/kernels/builtin_op_kernels.h"
 #include "tensorflow/lite/schema/schema_generated.h"
+#include "tensorflow/lite/tflite_with_xnnpack_optional.h"
 
 namespace tflite {
 namespace ops {
@@ -303,6 +304,21 @@ BuiltinOpResolver::BuiltinOpResolver() {
             tflite::ops::custom::Register_DETECTION_POSTPROCESS());
 }
 
+OpResolver::TfLiteDelegatePtrVector BuiltinOpResolver::GetDelegates(
+    int num_threads) const {
+  OpResolver::TfLiteDelegatePtrVector delegates;
+  auto xnnpack_delegate = tflite::MaybeCreateXNNPACKDelegate(num_threads);
+  if (xnnpack_delegate != nullptr) {
+    delegates.push_back(std::move(xnnpack_delegate));
+  }
+  return delegates;
+}
+
+OpResolver::TfLiteDelegatePtrVector
+BuiltinOpResolverWithoutDefaultDelegates::GetDelegates(int num_threads) const {
+  return OpResolver::TfLiteDelegatePtrVector();
+}
+
 }  // namespace builtin
 }  // namespace ops
 }  // namespace tflite
diff --git a/tensorflow/lite/kernels/register.h b/tensorflow/lite/kernels/register.h
index a2a41ea9428..1a6095c7140 100644
--- a/tensorflow/lite/kernels/register.h
+++ b/tensorflow/lite/kernels/register.h
@@ -22,9 +22,22 @@ namespace tflite {
 namespace ops {
 namespace builtin {
 
+// This built-in op resolver provides a list of TfLite delegates that could be
+// applied by TfLite interpreter by default.
 class BuiltinOpResolver : public MutableOpResolver {
  public:
   BuiltinOpResolver();
+  OpResolver::TfLiteDelegatePtrVector GetDelegates(
+      int num_threads) const override;
+};
+
+// TfLite interpreter could apply a TfLite delegate by default. To completely
+// disable this behavior, one could choose to use the following class
+// BuiltinOpResolverWithoutDefaultDelegates.
+class BuiltinOpResolverWithoutDefaultDelegates : public BuiltinOpResolver {
+ public:
+  BuiltinOpResolverWithoutDefaultDelegates() : BuiltinOpResolver() {}
+  OpResolver::TfLiteDelegatePtrVector GetDelegates(int num_threads) const final;
 };
 
 }  // namespace builtin
diff --git a/tensorflow/lite/model_xnnpack_test.cc b/tensorflow/lite/model_xnnpack_test.cc
index 73860807c00..f04334c7711 100644
--- a/tensorflow/lite/model_xnnpack_test.cc
+++ b/tensorflow/lite/model_xnnpack_test.cc
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ TEST(FloatModel, WithXnnpackDelegate) {
 
   std::unique_ptr<Interpreter> interpreter;
   ASSERT_EQ(InterpreterBuilder(*model,
-                               ops::builtin::BuiltinOpResolver{})(&interpreter),
+                               ops::builtin::BuiltinOpResolver())(&interpreter),
             kTfLiteOk);
   ASSERT_TRUE(interpreter);
 
@@ -48,4 +48,32 @@ TEST(FloatModel, WithXnnpackDelegate) {
 #endif
 }
 
+TEST(FloatModel, DefaultXnnpackDelegateNotAllowed) {
+  // Note: this graph will be fully delegated by the XNNPACK delegate.
+  auto model = FlatBufferModel::BuildFromFile(
+      "tensorflow/lite/testdata/multi_add.bin");
+  ASSERT_TRUE(model);
+
+  std::unique_ptr<Interpreter> interpreter;
+  ASSERT_EQ(
+      InterpreterBuilder(
+          *model, ops::builtin::BuiltinOpResolverWithoutDefaultDelegates())(
+          &interpreter),
+      kTfLiteOk);
+  ASSERT_TRUE(interpreter);
+
+  ASSERT_EQ(interpreter->AllocateTensors(), kTfLiteOk);
+
+#if TFLITE_HAS_ATTRIBUTE_WEAK || defined(TFLITE_BUILD_WITH_XNNPACK_DELEGATE)
+  // As we don't allow applying xnnpack delegate by default, we will expect the
+  // following:
+  EXPECT_LT(1, interpreter->execution_plan().size());
+  int first_node_id = interpreter->execution_plan()[0];
+  const auto& first_node_reg =
+      interpreter->node_and_registration(first_node_id)->second;
+  const std::string op_name = GetOpNameByRegistration(first_node_reg);
+  EXPECT_EQ("ADD", op_name);
+#endif
+}
+
 }  // namespace tflite
diff --git a/tensorflow/lite/tools/benchmark/experimental/c/c_api_types.h b/tensorflow/lite/tools/benchmark/experimental/c/c_api_types.h
index 23eb528f4c9..18997298df7 100644
--- a/tensorflow/lite/tools/benchmark/experimental/c/c_api_types.h
+++ b/tensorflow/lite/tools/benchmark/experimental/c/c_api_types.h
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ extern "C" {
 typedef enum TfLiteStatus {
   kTfLiteOk = 0,
   kTfLiteError = 1,
-  kTfLiteDelegateError = 2
+  kTfLiteDelegateError = 2,
+  kTfLiteApplicationError = 3
 } TfLiteStatus;
 
 // The list of external context types known to TF Lite. This list exists solely